Great War (Kylaris)

The Great War
	File:The Great War Kylaris.jpg; Clockwise from the top: Soldiers of the Gaullican Sartoux Division march through occupied s'Holle, a heavily-damaged Estmerish armoured war train, an Etrurian artillery gun provides counter fire amidst the war in Coius, a Weranian battle tank laden with soldiers, Xiao armour leaving the depots at Bantian, an Allied naval-and-air forces prepare for Operation Ruby.
Date	2 February 1927 – 12 February 1935 (8 years and 10 days); Peace treaties tbd euclean treaty or treaties; Signed Month XX, 193X; (put age here once we have a date) ; Treaty of Keisi; Signed April 23, 1935; (8 years, 2 months and 21 days) ; tbd other coian treaty or treaties; Signed Month XX, 193X; (put age here once we have a date) ; tbd asterian treaty or treaties; Signed Month XX, 193X; (put age here once we have a date) ;
Location	Kylaris
Result	Grand Alliance victory; Collapse of Functionalist Gaullica; Collapse of Sotirian Marirana; Fall of the Xiaodongese Empire; Creation of the Community of Nations; Decline of imperialism; Beginning of the Great Game; (more...)
Belligerents
Grand Alliance; Estmere; Werania; Etruria; Narozalica; Senria; Nuxica; and others	Entente; Gaullica; Xiaodong; Amathia; Marirana; and others
Commanders and leaders
Main Alliance leaders; H. H. Arterbury; Edmund G. Norcross; Leopold IV; Fortunato Parlatore; Vladislav Pudovkin; Katurou Imahara; Alaric Romagosa;	Main Entente leaders; Rafael Duclerque; Zhanxun; Ghenadie Isărescu; Ottaviano Castello;

Template:Region icon Kylaris

The Great War, sometimes known as the World War, was a global total war originating in Coius that lasted from February 2, 1927 to February 12, 1935. The vast majority of the countries in Kylaris, including all of the world's great powers, ultimately joined the conflict, fighting in either the Grand Alliance or the Entente. Sometimes described as "the war to end all wars" due to its scale and devastation, the conflict led to the mobilization of [tbd] million military personnel, making it the largest war in Kylarite history, and saw its major participants throw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort. The Great War was also one of the deadliest conflicts in Kylarite history, with an estimated [tbd] million combatants and [tbd] million civilians killed during or as a direct result of the war. The war was marked by the introduction of mechanized armies, the development of chemical weaponry, the first usage of large-scale air combat (including the widespread use of strategic bombing), mass starvation and population displacement, and by large-scale atrocities such as the Senrian Genocide.

The immediate cause of the Great War was the military repatriation of Sakata from Xiaodong by Senria on November 17, 1926, known as the Second Sakata Incident. Senria refused demands from Xiaodong to return the city to Xiaodongese control; in order to bolster their positions, Senria and Xiaodong brought their allies of Estmere and Gaullica, respectively, into the dispute. An interlocking web of alliances within Euclea subsequently turned the dispute into a worldwide crisis. By the start of 1927, Euclea and Coius were divided into two main coalitions, the Grand Alliance - consisting of Estmere, Werania, Etruria, Narozalica, and Senria - and the Entente - consisting of Gaullica, Amathia, and Xiaodong. As countries moved towards a war footing and began to mobilize, the crisis escalated rapidly, eventually breaking into outright war with the Xiaodongese invasion of Senria, following by Xiaodong and Gaullica's declarations of war upon Senria, on February 2, 1927. This, in turn, brought the rest of their allies into the conflict.

The conflict expanded into the Asterias with [something involving marirana or satucin or vilca or whatever, right?] [course of the war; entente victories mostly from 27 to 30, estmere's collapse]

[the tides turn in 30-31, with swetania joining, senria pushing back, etc.; from 31 on it's the alliance doing the pushing; they win in euclea and the asterias, then force senria to end its war with xiao] The war ended as a conclusive victory for the Grand Alliance over the Entente, with the former largely being able to impose terms upon the latter in the subsequent peace treaties.

The Great War was a significant turning point in the political, economic, cultural, and social climate of the Kylaris. It is considered the end of the tbd 1800s-1920s historiographic period; its end, meanwhile, is held to mark the start of the Great Game and of decolonization in Kylaris. The end of the war saw numerous political and territorial changes, including the collapse of Functionalist Gaullica, Sotirian Marirana, and the Xiaodongese Empire; the devastation of the conflict also led to the collapse of the Kingdom of Estmere shortly after the war's end. Meanwhile, the balance of power in the Asterias shifted [somehow] and Senria emerged as the foremost power in southern Coius after centuries of Xiaodongese preeminence. In spite of the creation of the Community of Nations in order to prevent future conflict, rifts between the Euclean Allies would lead to the Solarian War only a decade years later.

Background

Political and military alliances

Estmerish Prime Minister H. H. Arterbury consistently worked to undermine Gaullican authority despite attempts to cool tensions

In the lead up to the Great War, the Euclean powers attempted to maintain a balance of powers. The five leading Euclean powers were Gaullica, Estmere, Werania, Etruria, and Narozalica, with all but the latter being among the foremost global powers. Among these states emerged a complicated network of alliances, between these powers and other states, most often in Euclea. The balance was threatened by Gaullican attempts to establish a global hegemony, the rising tensions between Senria and Xiaodong, and the collapse of the global economic system.